Chapter 686: Sixth Senior Brother Becomes Famous in One Battle

In Beijing, Xu Chujing looked at the WeChat message sent by the psychologist Ye Mei.

"Saying Luo Mo is a transmigrator, or a reborn person?" Xu Chujing pondered in her heart.

She replied directly: "You're sick, why don't you say I am one too?"

Xu Chujing had also swept through everything since her debut, it was just that after entering the film industry, her development didn't quite meet expectations.

"You're the one who's sick!" Ye Mei replied via WeChat.

After replying, she suddenly laughed and immediately added: "Right, you really are sick, you have a cat sickness!"

At this moment, Xu Chujing was like a cat by the fireplace, curled up and lying on that kind of soft sofa at home that one could sink deep into, feeling incomparably cozy and comfortable.

Looking at the WeChat message sent by Ye Mei, she raised her head and glanced at her own reflection in the diamond-shaped mirror decoration.

It was quite like a cat.

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Because the early buzz for the Blue Star version of "Charlotte Troubles" was much higher than on Earth, it would not have a pitifully low opening day box office like it did on Earth.

The expert teams of major ticketing apps estimated the box office for this comedy film to be around 1.5 billion, in a similar range to "Sheep Without a Shepherd".

In fact, looking closely at the cast of the Blue Star version of "Charlotte Troubles", indeed only Xu Wai had a certain level of popularity and status.

And as the second male lead, he had only just become popular this year.

There is no need to mention the male lead Liu Gongming; he was just a pure newcomer, only sporting a face with fleshy folds.

As for the female lead and the other supporting cast members, they were all discovered through the combined efforts of Luo Mo and Wang Rong.

High emotional intelligence statement: They are all pearls hidden in the vast sea.

Low emotional intelligence statement: Still buried in the dirt, obscure to the core.

If it weren't for the fact that Luo Mo's scripts had never failed, and Wang Rong was also considered a badass up-and-coming director, everyone would be even less optimistic about this film.

Of course, this so-called "not optimistic" is relative to Luo Mo's other films.

Only he could make a 1.5 billion box office estimate still give people a feeling of being looked down upon.

August in this year's Shuji Dang is more competitive than July.

The reason is simple: the news that "Sheep Without a Shepherd" was scheduled for July had long since spread, so films like Tian Ou's "Car King 3" immediately and obediently scheduled for August.

Previously, many industry insiders felt that this year's August was still very worth watching.

The "Car King" series by Tian Ou has always had a very stable box office, and it is a certainty that it will reach over a billion in box office revenue.

There is also a Hong Kong crime film called "Two Gun Kings" that is highly anticipated; it seems to be about dual personality.

On Earth, Hong Kong films have appeared somewhat in decline in recent years.

Here on Blue Star, there is actually a bit of that feeling too, as if it is in its final glory.

The lack of new talent replacing the old among actors is one aspect; secondly, Blue Star has also entered into a vicious cycle.

For a big-budget Hong Kong film, if one does not find veteran Hong Kong stars to carry the banner, the investment risk is very high.

So the feeling is that no matter how much they act, it is always the same group of people acting.

This will also make the lack of new talent replacing the old even more severe.

This "Two Gun Kings" has assembled three Best Actor-level male actors from Hong Kong.

The female lead is a mainland star, a young actress with high traffic, and her acting is decent, but she has fewer film works and mainly shoots television dramas.

Of course, judging from the content of this film, it is likely a standard men's drama.

The role played by the female character in it is likely not significant.

Films of the "Two Gun Kings" type are inherently one of the genres that Hong Kong is best at.

Industry insiders' box office estimate for this film is also over 1 billion.

After all, the lineup of three Best Actors is there, and it has been hailed by the media as "the most anticipated Hong Kong film of the year".

Besides these two films, there is also an animation film called "Qiongqi".

Originally, an animation film would not make people pay much attention, but isn't there the precedent of "Nezha"?

Before "Charlotte Troubles" was officially scheduled, it meant these three films were in a chaotic battle in August.

But who would have thought that after Luo Mo took over July, he wouldn't even let go of August!

In this way, scheduling became a major headache.

The final screening rates given by major theater chains placed "Charlotte Troubles" in first place by a narrow margin.

Luo Mo has created too many box office miracles; anyway, before the film was released, everyone was placing their bets.

After thinking it over, they were still more willing to bet on Luo Mo.

They have already been well-trained by Luo Mo.

——"Being slapped in the face by money, isn't it just too refreshing?"

And the final result was that the opening day box office of "Charlotte Troubles" did not disappoint the major theater chains.

On August 2nd, the film's single-day box office reached 161 million.

There is a certain gap compared to the opening day box office of "Sheep Without a Shepherd", but it is already considered incomparably dazzling.

After all, the screening rate of "Sheep Without a Shepherd" was much higher than that of "Charlotte Troubles", and the early buzz was greater, and the cast was stronger.

But looking at this opening day box office, as long as the word-of-mouth doesn't collapse, it can easily break 1.5 billion, right?

In fact, many people are curious: is this film really good?

Or rather, is this comedy actually funny?

In Luo Mo's view, this opening day result is just the beginning.

"The main event is still to come."

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On August 3rd, the Hot Search lists on all major platforms could be said to have been directly occupied by Charlotte Troubles.

There was no helping it; the surprises in this film were simply too numerous.

For Top Traffic stars like Luo Mo and Xu Chujing, wouldn't each of them take up one or two spots?

Our "Crying King" Chen Luo, as the first person to cry his way onto the Hot Search, has been heavily bundled with Luo Mo recently; him taking up one spot alone is no problem, right?

As for Wei Ran, Li Ge, and the others, occupying one spot collectively is also an easy task.

Most importantly, every cameo segment was incredibly brilliant!

Many audience members who had seen the film spontaneously became "paid posters" for it, starting to spread the word everywhere.

To be precise, it wasn't even just spreading the word; it could be described as "forcing recommendations."

Holding your head down and saying: "Watch it! Everyone go watch it for Laozi!"

A large number of viewers who had seen the film expressed one after another: "This is definitely the funniest Comedy film I've seen in recent years!"

"It really made me laugh my head off."

"Is it that exaggerated?"

"What exaggeration? I was right there at the scene, and the whole Cinema was looking for their heads on the floor."

"It is exaggerated; I only laughed until my jaw dislocated."

Of course, there were also many people discussing the plot.

Some audience members expressed: "In the first half, I felt the script for this film was written very narcissistically by Luo Mo."

"Until... he got beaten up."

Yes, originally on Earth it was Zhou Jielun who got beaten, but here there are some extra meanings involved.

The Blue Star version changed it to Luo Mo getting beaten, which offset all his self-praising from earlier.

Miserable, who could be more miserable than Luo Mo?

Spoilers for the film are inevitable.

But what was absurd was that many viewers who hadn't seen the film were left completely confused while looking at others' spoilers.

"Who got beaten?"

"Luo Mo."

"I know, I mean which character in the film got beaten."

"Luo Mo!"

Both sides felt: "Damn! Can't communicate!"

The side that had seen it felt, I'm telling you the content, and you actually don't believe me.

The side that hadn't seen it felt, I'm asking sincerely, and you're acting like a broken record and playing memes with me here, right?

——"Ineffective Spoilers."

And honestly, Comedy films have one great point, which is that the humor in text and the humor in performance are two different things.

For some jokes, even if you've read the text version, you'll still find them hilarious when watching the brilliant performances of Liu Shixiong and the others.

Some excellent Actors can make the whole audience roar with laughter even if the script content itself isn't funny just by reading it, because I perform it!

It even makes it so that when you see this content again in the future, just by looking at the text, the image of my performance and my voice can instantly emerge in your mind!

What left the vast number of netizens most speechless was that some of the silly memes in the film had already started a human-to-human transmission phenomenon online.

Weren't many people paying attention today to exactly which celebrities went to cameo in the film?

This led to people asking online, for example: "Did Shen Yinuo not go?"

The replies underneath were all: "Shen who-nuo?"

"What Yinuo?"

"Shen Yi-what?"

Damn it! Can't communicate!

The antics of these silly netizens made many people increasingly curious about this film.

What kind of memes are they playing with?

Why does it feel like everyone is so hooked after watching it?

Is there something wrong with your brain after watching this film?

What an Evil silly organization, I really want to join!

In summary, the word-of-mouth for Charlotte Troubles is very good.

And because many of the memes inside are so fun, the speed at which this film's reputation fermented was faster than ordinary films!

There are too many people who can apply what they've learned, so the spread is particularly large.

And one must know that Comedy films never lack a market.

No matter the era, the audience for Comedy films is very large.

Everyone just has increasingly higher Requirements for Comedy films, generally believing that current Comedy films are getting harder to laugh at.

However, who would refuse happiness?

In this day and age, everyone has so much study pressure, work pressure, life pressure, social pressure... are you sure you aren't going to the cinema to laugh together?

On August 3rd, the screening count for Charlotte Troubles didn't increase by much, just a small growth.

But the average attendance rate increased by a large margin!

Many prime-time sessions were directly packed, and tickets were hard to come by!

Liu Gongming was originally the part of this film most criticized and questioned.

But after watching it, the audience all felt that this male lead had to be played by him!

Many people feel that even if Wang Rong came, he wouldn't be able to perform with this kind of effect.

He is so natural at being funny, as if there isn't a single trace of acting in it.

This person was simply born for Comedy!

As for Xu Wai, he also overturned everyone's perception of him from "Famous and Outstanding".

These are simply two different people.

And as the popularity of "Charlotte Troubles" grew higher and higher, the Hot Song Chart on all major music platforms also underwent changes.

A crowd of Singers in the music industry never imagined that with Luo Mo's new film being released, they would also be caught in the crossfire!

"To think there would be such collateral damage?"

"First time seeing a movie with so many insert songs!"

"The popularity of these old songs is rising way too fast!"

It is normal for the new songs produced in this movie, like "Charlotte Troubles" and "Just Once", to be hits.

With Luo Mo as the producer, plus the massive boost in popularity from the movie, it would be hard not to make a name for themselves on the New Song Chart.

But looking across the Hot Song Chart, a whole bunch of song titles are followed by a few words: "Charlotte Troubles" movie insert song.

The top of the Hot Song Chart is sometimes "The You of the Past" and "Starry Sunny" sung by Luo Mo, and sometimes "A Plum Blossom" sung by Tong Shu.

Songs like "Too Soft-Hearted" and "Those Flowers" are also following closely behind.

In other words, the charts on all major music platforms in the country are not even music charts anymore.

Looking at it this way, it looks more like an advertisement board for the movie "Charlotte Troubles".

Don't underestimate the traffic of these charts; they are actually very high.

Otherwise, why would Singers put all their effort into climbing the charts?

Moreover, with so many songs related to the movie, it looks quite intimidating and very abnormal.

Once something seems abnormal, people will get curious.

Once they get curious, they might just end up being lured into the movie theater.

These bizarre scenes have left the music industry in a state of wailing.

Some people might have gone on a variety show and sung an old song, and after much difficulty, the old song became popular again and had a chance to reach the homepage of the Hot Song Chart, but... good grief, they just couldn't get on!

Quite a few people in the music industry had their curiosity piqued.

"What kind of movie can bring about this kind of influence?"

As it turned out, some Singers actually snuck into the theater to watch the movie, only to be recognized and exposed.

On August 3rd, the second day of the release of "Charlotte Troubles", the single-day box office reached 207 million!

It still occupied the throne of the single-day box office champion.

With the increase in screen allocation not being particularly large, the fact that the box office jumped by such a large margin shows how high the attendance rate is!

The box office for "Car King 3" today is 141 million, which is still considered stable.

"Two Gun Kings" is at 139 million, not much of a gap.

You have to know that their screen allocation is only a little bit lower than "Charlotte Troubles".

Filmmakers began to gradually realize the terror of this movie.

"How many years has it been, how many years has there not been such a fierce Comedy?"

"Won't this easily break two billion?"

"Hard to say, I feel 2 billion is too little."

"This is only the second day of release, the momentum has just started."

The Blue Star version of "Charlotte Troubles" is destined not to follow the slow-burn path of accumulating strength like it did on Earth.

This left directors like Tian Ou feeling deeply desperate.

The competitor is too fierce, and almost all the traffic has been sucked away.

For Tian Ou, it's actually fine.

He has been bullied by Luo Mo too many times, and he had long since lost both his Face and his dignity, to the point that even he himself thought: "It is only right to have this result."

——"Used to it".

The heavy psychological blow this time is nothing more than me trying to hide from you, but failing to do so.

But it's different for "Two Gun Kings"; the three Best Actor Actors still feel slightly embarrassed.

Hong Kong films haven't been developing well in recent years anyway; if it were in the past, the three of them wouldn't be willing to make a movie together—isn't it better to carry the show on your own? Why group up?

Filming as a group might indeed have stronger Box Office Appeal, but it's inevitable that people will compare them.

Honestly, they were mentally prepared for the audience to compare the three of them.

——The competition exists internally!

In terms of box office, they still have confidence in surpassing "Car King 3".

But who would have thought that a movie starring a Newcomer would leave everyone in the dust in terms of box office and word-of-mouth!

It's not that people think the three Best Actors have bad acting skills; it's purely that they feel the Drama is still the same old stuff.

This actually made Tian Ou and the others feel a bit of schadenfreude: "Let the world feel my pain!"

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August 4th, still explosively hot.

At first, people like Wei Ran were supposed to appear as a Surprise in the movie, so they only provided routine friendly promotion for "Charlotte Troubles".

Keeping it mysterious, we are professionals.

Now, it is already the third day of the movie's release, and everything finally doesn't need to be kept secret, so they started promoting it vigorously.

Wei Ran and Li Ge were even shouting, "This is the first step of my foray into the film industry!"

Both of them had terrible acting skills, or rather, they didn't understand acting at all, yet they were more confident than the other, feeling that no one had the right to criticize their poor performance.

Because they were just playing themselves.

Is this even called acting?

At best, this can only be considered living inside a movie!

What's more, each of them only had two lines of dialogue and less than ten seconds of screen time.

Even Run Jie was assigned more lines and screen time than them.

It wasn't that Luo Mo was biased toward Run Jie.

Alright, there was definitely some bias.

But the main thing was, Wei Ran and Li Ge were so ugly that if they couldn't do Singing, they wouldn't even be able to find wives in the village.

Run Jie was so full of charm that the audience would definitely prefer to see scenes with her.

Mature women even have their own separate category on websites.

On the other hand, after Jiang Ningxi and Shen Yinuo learned that they had been removed from the "Creating Idols" segment in the movie, Shen Yinuo, acting as their representative, sent a WeChat to Luo Mo: "?".

Yes, just a single question mark.

Xiao Shen over there was probably so full of Anger that her chest was about to explode.

"What does this mean! What does Luo Mo mean by this!" Shen Yinuo lay on the sofa, her legs kicking up and slamming down heavily in her rage.

This young lady is your talent scout, you are the man I signed!

You dog of a man, have you forgotten our past kindness?

She felt that sending just a question mark was both imposing and capable of expressing her infinite Anger.

Luo Mo only replied with one sentence: "I've reserved important content for you Aurora Girls in the next Comedy."

Xiao Shen immediately replied: "I'm sorry, I was a bit impolite just now."

Immediately after, Xiao Shen went into the Aurora Girls' group chat and said: "I just went to scold Luo Mo, and he clearly knows he was wrong. Then, I fought for an opportunity for all of us to participate in his next Comedy!"

Looking across the entire internet, all the stars who made cameo appearances in Charlotte Troubles were now vigorously promoting this movie.

Only Chen Luo, from beginning to end, maintained an eerie silence.

(PS: In accordance with the editor's Requirement, continuing the 【Update Preview】: This chapter was updated on August 13th at 17:55, the next chapter is expected before 8 PM on the 14th.)

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